"As long as we believe that we need things to make us happy, we shall also believe that in their absence we must be miserable. Mind always shapes itself according to its beliefs. Hence the importance of convincing oneself that one need not be prodded into happiness; that, on the contrary, pleasure is a distraction and a nuisance, for it merely increases the false conviction that one needs to have and do things to be happy when in reality it is just the opposite."
- Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj (via lazyyogi)
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"The law of karma is a special instance of the law of cause and effect, according to which all our actions of body, speech and mind are causes and all our experiences are their effects. The law of karma explains why each individual has a unique mental disposition, a unique physical appearance and unique experiences. These are the various effects of the countless actions that each individual has performed in the past."
- Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, ‘Transform Your Life’ (via self-assassin)
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Dancing Dakini Wisdom: Einstein / Buddha
According to general relativity, the concept of space detached from any physical content does not exist.
-Einstein
If there is only empty space, with no suns nor planets in it, then space loses its substantiality.
-Buddha
Physical concepts are free creations of the…
The Higgs Boson (The “God Particle”) Explained in Comics
by Trent Gilliss, senior editor
Somehow, this Higgs Boson infatuation will get the better of me and I’ll just stop trying to understand the complexity of it all. Until that day comes, I’ll be watching great explainers like this one. The artist’s comic sketches and way quantum physics is animated get me closer… I think.
